The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-09-26

igion that let us oil into heaven with
nut repentance and faith In those dis
graceful dogmas Of ecclesiastical old.
oRyism
My text gives me grand opportu..
atty Of saying useful word to all
yonng men VINO are now forming bab'
Ils for lifetime. OF what use ~
stoDemason or brcklsyer IL plumb
Iinef Why not build the wall by the
u naidet eve and hand? Because they
are inspffic . I, bee luse il there be q
d. Election IN The wall IL cannot further
cn re corrected. Because by the law
Of gravitatior, q Wall must bs straight
Ia order to be symmetrical AMI safe
A young ma. IA ia danger OF getting
defect ia his wall OF character that |
msy never ha CORE c.ed. One OF the
BIS. friends 1 ever bad died OF delir.
ium Iemens at sixty years Of age,
though he had not since twenty-one |
years Of age-bsfore which he bad
been dissi pa;ed-touched intoxic ating
liquor until that particular carousal
that teok him of. Not feeling well
in street on hot summer day, he
stepped into drug store, inst az You
and / would have done, and asked for
desc Of something to make him feel
better. And there was: alcohol
In the dose, and that one
drop aroused the old sppe.
tite, and he entered the first liquor
store, and stayed there until thorough
ly under the power Of rum. He en-.
tered his home raving maniac, his
wife and daughters fleeing from his
presence until he was taken to the
city hospital 10 die. The combusti.
bla material Of early habit had lain
qaiet nearly forty years, and that one
spark iguited the confagrstion. Re-
member the wall may be one han.
dred feet high, and yet q detection
Que foot from the foundation affects
thu entire structure. And II you live
a hundred years and do right the last
| eighty years. you may nevertheless do
something at twenty years Of age that
viii damage your earthly existence.
All you wac have built houses Tor
yoursolv,s or for others, sm / not
right in saying to these young men,
you cannot build O wall so high as to
be- independent OF the character of its
ioundstion7 A man before thirty
years Of age may commit enough sin
TO last him life time. A Cat that
has killed one pigeon cannot be cured.
Keep 1t from killing the first pigeon,
Nov, John, or George, or Charles,
or William, or Alexander, OF
Andrew, or Henry, or what.
ever be your Christian names OF
surnsmes, say here and nov: "Nc
wild oats for me, no cjgara or cigar
sites for me, no wine or beer for me
no Sunday sprees for me; am coins
to start right and keep on right. Geo
help me, for / am very weak. From
the throne Of eternal righteousness
let down TO me the primer les BY
which l can be guided in building
everything from foundation to cap
stone. Lord God, by the wounded
hand Of Christ, throw me q plumb
linep
Lord Nelson's general direction
when Roirg into naval battle was
No min can do wrong that place
his chip close alongside that OF tn
enemy" Ny friend, You will neve
do wrong II you keep your If, clos
aloDgside the Ten Commandments
Do right, ard you can b
as lrave as Maria There's
who rode mp the Hill OF D.fancs an
shook her sword ct the four corner
OF the earth.
But" you cay, "yol shu, us your
folks out from all fuu." o., mol
like fan. believe In fun. hav
bad lots Of II Ia my time. b: hav
not had to 70 into paths OF sin TO I'm
I II. No credit 10 me, but because {
an Extraordinary parental exampl
I aud influence / was sept from ou
ward traasgressions, though my heal
/ was bad enough and desperatel
: wicked. / have had fun illimitsbl,
! though / never swore one oath, an
/. never Rambied 10. 20 much rs d.
[ value Of a pin, and never saw the In
! side Of haunt OF sin, rave as wheI
3 ten years ago, with the commissions
' Of police and q detective and tw
. elders Of my church, l explored thee
' cities by MIDNIGHT, not out of cur.osit,
4 but that might in pulpit discourt
a Get before the people the poverty an
!. tho horrors Of underground city life
!, VT. though / never was intoxicate
9 for an instant, and never commits
Q one act Of diseo u'enesr, rsstrAine
q only by tbs grace 81 God, withot
J., which restraint / would have gon
a hesdloDg 10 the bottom OF many,
y have bad 10 much Inn that / don
z believe thee Ia man on The plsnl
|. Ia the present lime who has had NOR
J. Hear II, men and boys, vcman az
d giTls, all the fun IL on tue side OF righ
n Sin may seem attractive, but IL
a deathful aud like the manchineel,
o tree whose dews ars poisonous. Ia
q only genuine happinoBs is in an hone
i Christian life. The Chippewa, wan
q Ing 10 see God, blackens his fscs vii
" charcoal and fats I'LL he hss vieic
a OF what he calls God. Nv God | O.
Il sec best when | take my hat of or
,, let the sunshine bltzi la my face, an
Il nj or q reasonable breakfast. He
0. not q God q blackI . aud s,arvstio
10 but Of light aud plentitude, aud q
N CORY OF the MONDAY sun is Egyptis
=. midnight compared 20 II. tt ere the
N go-two brothers. 0le was converts
3. year ago la church, one sund,
N morning, during prayer, or sermon,
a hymn. No one knew II at the tim
"a The persons on either side Of him 90
i, pected nothing; bat In this youI
70 mans soul this process went Of
D. Lord, here / am; young man am
D, the temptations Of city life, aud q
.. sfIaid TO risk lhsm alone; come ar
Of be my help; save me from making d
a, mistake that some OF my comrades a
/ making, and save ms now" Al
" quicker than q 4 ish God rolled heav,
d lato his soul. He 10 Just as Jolly ss
m used 10 bel is nst as brilliant as
Of used 10 b.. He can strike ball
10 catch one 90 EARLY as before be VI
m converted. With eun or hshing &c
II la In summer vacation be was in
;, Rs skilliul as before. The world
b bIightei b. him than ever. He Apr
cialei pictures, music, innocent hilai
II ~, social life, good kes, and hi
D plenty Of iun, frat cipss fun. glorioI
n fun. But his brother 10 going dow
z. hill. la ,h1 morning his bead sch,
NJ from tue champagne dsbauth. Ever
m holy Gees he 10 IN rapid eescen